Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The reported bidi issue with footnotes had to do with some unhboxing that doesn't play well with the bidi analyzers, i.e. in case of <new text> <unhboxed done text> <new text> the done text is already treated. I now use a slightly different implementation. I also added the arabicdecimals conversion. There is also a new feature called profiling which is very experimental and falls into the 'over the top' category (it's not the fastest mechanism around). \setupbodyfont[dejavu] % methods: none strict fixed|haldfixed|quaterfixed|eightsfixed % where fixed also adapts to grid snapping \defineprofile [myprofile] [method=quarterfixed, height=\strutht, depth=\strutdp, distance=3pt] \startbuffer \dostepwiserecurse{1}{400}{5}{just a test #1 $\frac{x}{#1}^{#1}$ and }done\par \stopbuffer \starttext \startTEXpage[align=normal,strut=no] \getbuffer \stopTEXpage \startTEXpage[align=normal,strut=no,profile=myprofile] \getbuffer \stopTEXpage \enabletrackers[profiling.show] \startTEXpage[align=normal,strut=no,profile=myprofile] \getbuffer \stopTEXpage \disabletrackers[profiling.show] \stoptext In everyday use this feature is not that interesting but for special cases it might come in handy. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------